4. You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,lovely as Jerusalem,awe-inspiring as an army with banners.
5. Turn your eyes away from me,for they captivate me. Your hair is like a flock of goatsstreaming down from Gilead.
6. Your teeth are like a flock of ewescoming up from washing,each one having a twin,and not one missing.
7. Behind your veil, your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.
8. There are 60 queensand 80 concubines and young women without number.
9. But my dove, my virtuous one, is unique; she is the favorite of her mother,perfect to the one who gave her birth.Women see her and declare her fortunate; queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10. Who is this who shines like the dawn —as beautiful as the moon,bright as the sun,awe-inspiring as an army with banners?
11. I came down to the walnut groveto see the blossoms of the valley,to see if the vines were budding and the pomegranates blooming.
12. Before I knew it,my desire put meamong the chariots of my noble people.